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Director, Product Management
Uber
Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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Uber Overview
About Uber
We’re changing the way people think about transportation. Not that long ago we were just an app to request premium black cars in a few metropolitan areas. Now we’re a part of the logistical fabric of more than 600 cities around the world. Whether it’s a ride, a sandwich, or a package, we use technology to give people what they want, when they want it.
For the people who drive with Uber, our app represents a flexible new way to earn money. For cities, we help strengthen local economies, improve access to transportation, and make streets safer.
And that’s just what we’re doing today. We’re thinking about the future, too. With teams working on autonomous trucking and self-driving cars, we’re in for the long haul. We’re reimagining how people and things move from one place to the next.
Job Description
About the Role
The Product Development Process owner evaluates, designs, executes, measures, monitors and controls product development processes. (S)he works to ensure that product development process outcomes are in harmony with an organization’s strategic goals. They work collaboratively across all departments of the organization to help improve Product Development via process. They focus on the entire process from beginning to end, introducing innovation into the process that can impact results, enhance profitability and assist the organization to meet its business objectives and goals.
Attributes of a Successful Product Development Process Manager
A product development process owner should be able to create a product development process, which is a formalized set of tasks and activities that helps accomplish specific product development objectives. They typically have a vision of the big picture and understand that enhancing process effectiveness is not a one-time endeavor, but rather requires continuous improvement.
Redesigning or creating processes requires the ability to change the hearts and minds of employees affected by the change. Process owners engage employees to inspire and empower them to provide input into process change. They encourage employees to embrace the new process once it is implemented.
This requires tenacity. Consistently pursuing continued process innovation requires exceptional determination, self-motivation and interpersonal skills. Process innovation to achieve the cultural shift to a product-centric culture is the goal.
What You'll Do / What You'll Need / Bonus Points / About the Team
What You'll do
• Lead and guide the development of a team of amazing product managers, and help them do their best work
• Work with PM Managers to find stand-out PMs to grow our team
• Work with PM Managers to determine PM project assignments and interfaces between PM roles
• Drive specification of Product Requirements
• You will drive execution against our plan in collaboration with Engineering, Technical Program Management, and Design peers: making tradeoffs, anticipating staffing needs, risks, and ensuring frequent and clear communication internally
• Understand and lead analyses of the competitive environment, customers, and product metrics to determine the right set of features to drive engagement and usage.
• Define and analyze metrics that inform the success of products.
• Maintain product and market knowledge. Analyses and keep abreast of market trends.
• Work with Head of Product to devise product vision and roadmaps. Build consensus and drive execution of vision.
• Best practice research and benchmarking. Conduct competitive analysis and develop a strong understanding of stakeholders to drive development decisions.
• Act as product evangelist both internally and externally.
• Have a passion for eCommerce and great user experience.
• Have exceptional communication and leadership skills.
• Have experience gathering, analyzing, and maintaining applicable data to inform and drive your decision making.
• Have a proven track record for delivering successful projects to market on time and on budget.
• Have a proven track record for effectively managing a team of high-achievers
What You’ll Need
• Minimum of 10 years experience as a Product Manager in a HW and/or SW environment.
• Minimum of 5 years managing a team of Product Managers
• Highly technical: capable of wading into the details, but can also drive 30k foot view
• Have a passion for building great user experiences
• Have exceptional communication and leadership skills.
• Have experience gathering, analyzing, and maintaining applicable data to inform and drive your decision making.
• Have a proven track record for delivering successful projects to market on time and on budget.
• Have a proven track record for effectively managing a team of high-achievers
• Experience with Continuous Integration SW development, Agile / Scrum methods.
• Experience with waterfall / “V” cycle development methods.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and exceptional emotional intelligence. Ability to influence and motivate people across a broad variety of job functions through your relationships.
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